FM Says Tackling Climate Change Key Priority for EU, Slovenia

Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel highlighted the importance of the joint fight against climate change as he addressed an EU-Rio Group ministerial in the Dominican Republic on Friday. This remains a priority for Slovenia as well as the EU in the coming years, he said.

According to Rupel, the importance of the issue is adequately reflected in the 18-month programme of the three successive presiding EU countries - Germany, which holds the presidency now, and its successors Portugal and Slovenia.
Speaking more broadly about energy, Rupel said that despite differences in energy supply in the EU and Latin America, there is a shared goal to decouple energy from political influence and dependence.
This will require greater self-discipline in energy use and greater international solidarity and cooperation in the promotion of technological development in energy, he said.
Rupel also met his counterparts from Costarica and Guyana, Bruno Ugarte and Rudy Imfanally, in what is the conclusion of his multi-day tour of Latin America.

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